Windows 7 Gadget Problem

Cronus

My gadgets no longer open in Windows 7. Clicking on the Desktop Gadgets or the Desktop Gadget Gallery does nothing.

I've done a bunch of searching, but the only causes I can find online are either turning gadgets off in Windows Features or turning off UAC. My gadgets are on in Windows Features and UAC is set to default(though I always had it off in Vista). Does anyone have any suggestions for how I can open it?

Also, twice when booting my computer and logging into Windows one of my gadgets hasn't started. It's not always the same gadget either. This is what first clued me into the problem as I tried to open the gadgets after noticing one missing.

I'd greatly appreciate any info you guys may have.

Greenish

Try resetting the gadgets. In Control Panel under Appearence & Personalization click the "Restore Gadgets installed with windows" button.

If that doesn't work run the system file checker. Open a command prompt with administrator access and type sfc /scannow

Cronus

So, I've had this problem for a couple of months now, but it seems to have gone away. Perhaps it's an intermittent thing?

I have run a scan with MSE and ran the system file checker last month and both came back clean. Maybe it is a problem with one of my gadgets. I did update them recently and the woot one I have isn't the most well written code ever. If it comes up again, which it probably will, I'll try disabling all third party gadgets.

I'll post back here if I find out any useful info. Thanks Greenish.